Tired of not having room on those escorts? =)

[Baron Munchausen]

The "to hit bonus" for Point-defense weapons is set in the components along with all the other standard weapon characteristics. It's called "Weapon Modifier" and for point-defense cannons it's:

Weapon Modifier := 50

Fifty percent boost cancels the fifty percent loss at a range of five (the PDC max range at it's final level). So, it still has 100 percent accuracy (discounting ECM or any bonuses that a seeker or fighter might have) at maximum range! Might be an interesting experiment to remove it, and see if this considerable loss of accuracy restores more "balance" to the effects of point-defense. Remember, it DOES still get the benefit of any combat sensors or crew bonus that your ship has, anyway.